diff --git a/source/_docs/configuration/packages.markdown b/source/_docs/configuration/packages.markdown
index 00a3636b4f4..c899808e8a7 100644
--- a/source/_docs/configuration/packages.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/configuration/packages.markdown
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ homeassistant:
       ...package configuration here...
 ```
 
-The package configuration can include: `switch`, `light`, `automation`, `groups`, or most other Home Assistant components. 
+The package configuration can include: `switch`, `light`, `automation`, `groups`, or most other Home Assistant components including hardware platforms.
 
 It can be specified inline or in a separate YAML file using `!include`.
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ homeassistant:
 ```
 
 This uses the concept splitting the configuration and will include all files in a directory with the keys representing the filenames.
-See the documentation about [splitting the configuration](/docs/configuration/splitting_configuration/) for more information about `!include_dir_named` and other include statements that might be helpful.
+See the documentation about [splitting the configuration](/docs/configuration/splitting_configuration/) for more information about `!include_dir_named` and other include statements that might be helpful. The benefit of this approach is to pull all configurations required to integrate a system, into one file, rather than accross several.
 
 ### {% linkable_title Customizing entities with packages %}